Chanakya - the great Patriot

From last few days I have been getting mad because of the clash between my Patriotic mind and the time constraint targets that are there to be achieved.

At this time I remembered that I have the Hindi serial CHANAKYA. All episodes of the serial were compiled into 8 volumes. Each volume runs almost 4hrs. I started watching it. You can download the videos from Google videos, http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=chanakya&emb=0&aq=f#.

The serial portrays the life of Chanakya from his childhood till the time he bring Maurya Chandra Gupa into power. The serial portrays the esteem patriotism that Chanakya(Kautilya, Vishnu Gupta are his other names) possess by showing the way in which he tries to unite the whole Bharath by bringing all states into one thread.

I would say that the Struggle that happened 2000 years back, to bring all states into one thread to convey the people that from Himalayas to the Hindu Mahasamudra Bharath is one, is the most unforgettable struggle/issue that we Indians forgot. Of course it is unjustified to expect the people to remember 2000 yrs back issue who forget the things that happened just 60-70 yrs back. From the people who search for the unwanted points in the Great people and magnify them while forgetting the good things, the great great things that they had done(one reference: I had seen many social sciences teachers and intelligent students who possess bad opinion on Mahatma Gandhi, just thinking and exaggerating his bad qualities and forgetting what all he had done, how pity, isn't it? Officially we declare him as the father of the Nation, on every yellow note we print his smiling face twice and personally we don't have good opinion on him. I can't understand those unworthy critics. )

The director and producer who had bring such a great history in front of this Modern Indians needs a great applause for sure. And I have no words to praise almost every actor who lived to the fullest in their specific role.

We were taught or read that Chanakya was the writer of the 'Arthashastra, the book on Indian politics and that he was a very clever tactician or he was Prime minister of Chandra Gupta. But I would say much more than this he was a great Patriot. He was the person who identified that "Janapadoen me banta hua Bharat ek akhand Rashtra hai". The culture that we possess is the main point which make India "Unity in Diversity". By being united only we can face the foreign invasions boldly. He tried to achieve these things in his life time. He spreaded the message to the whole Bharath. Can't comment whether his words were put into practice or not by the people. His boldness to face the Great Alexander is one small point before the ideal character that he possess.

"Utthishth Vishnu Gupta! Rashtra ke samman ki raksha shasan nahi karta to ab wah shikshakon ke haath me hai, Uth soye hue bharat ko jaga!" Chanakya tries to implement the words spoken by the Prinicpal of Taxila University when he himself was a polity teacher in that university.

By seeing the serial I understand that the problems that are coming on my way are minute but I am looking at them with a magnifying glass. I learnt that it is possible to bring back the glory of Bharath to the present India. The struggle had already started to restore the glory of Bharath. Things are going in right direction. It may take some more time but it is sure that Bharath will be achieved soon.

At the end, because of the serial I got one doubt. What is the use of doing good, when it is not going to stay for long? Chanakya had tried to restore the culture of Bharath 2000yrs back, he tried to unite the states into a country, he tried to tell the then kings that being united is the only best option to tackle the invaders. And he had achieved it. But the question is how many generations does this continue? Soon Muslim invaders came to India and tried to rule the whole Bharath, tried to enforce their culture on us (I am not against to any religion, but I am against to the quest that a particular religion possess to impose it on someone else). How successful they were, I have no knowledge. Then Angrej entered Bharath, robbed of its knowledge, culture, property and converted it into India. Before Chanakya and after him many many great people came and go. In their life time they taught many good things, they did many good deeds. But how many generations they were continued is the big question that is disturbing my mind...... I am expecting the answer from the readers......

[ Please don't argue that Angrej were great, they taught us the new technology. Its just foolishness to say that Its like, "A thief comes to your house and stole all valuables from your locked cupboard. In the morning when you wake up and see your cupboard doors opening. Then you exclaim oh! that means there is a technology with which I can open the cupboard without keys. Thief is really great he taught me one new thing. This may not be a good example, but issue is almost same. Gaining a chocolate for the sake of ice cream factory is one more example. Its not the way to learn the new things. Even if they didn't rule us we could have come across what all happening in the world. ]

Jai Hind, Jai Bharath !